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    • Looking up a blue sky and a Hang-gliding.
    Rights: Patrick Monro Published 9 September 2011 Size: 370 KB Referencing Hub media

    Hang-gliders have both lift and thrust. The lift is created as air flows over the wing, and forward motion is gained through gravity by angling the hang-glider down slightly.

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